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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One, Israel: Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Hamseen?
(a) The black and white head scarves worn by Palestinians.
(b) A Jewish holiday.
(c) An Israeli greeting.
(d) The hot desert wind.

2. What is the rabbi's concern about the Concorde flight?
(a) That they offer a prayer for safe travel.
(b) That they serve only kosher food on the flight.
(c) That they fast and pray for the peace they will negotiate.
(d) That they arrive in New York before the Sabbath begins at sundown.

3. How does the author say the painters enter to paint the aircraft?
(a) Joyfully, as if in a parade.
(b) Noisily, as if entering a party.
(c) Quietly, as if entering a holy place.
(d) Reluctantly, as if facing an unpleasant task.

4. How does Nuri Salameh feel about the work of sabotage he had done?
(a) It is an act of justice.
(b) It is a great sin.
(c) It is a blow against Israel.
(d) It is a defense of the downtrodden.

5. Who has mentored Miriam Bernstein's career in government?
(a) Golda Meir.
(b) Teddy Laskov.
(c) Isaac Burg.
(d) Itzhak Talman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nuri Salameh tell his wife dinner will be late?

2. To what bird does the writer compare the aircraft?

3. When had the ordnance been left behind by the Arab Legion?

4. When does Nuri Salameh believe his fate was determined?

5. What last-minute changes are made to increase the security of the Concorde flights?

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